I Love

Some days when I wake up I like to take the time (I've done this since I was a boy) To list some things…perhaps in rhyme that always bring me joy It always begins and ends with family Wife, children…grandchildren all and then there's the myriad of friends I've had some…from a time when I was small. I love flying in a plane; the first glimmers of sunlight; I love the smell after a rain; a cricket symphony at night I love ketchup on my eggs (some people think that's awful!): I love playing mumblety-peg; I love ice cream on a waffle. I love watching a child sleep; I love walking along the sand; I love the softness of a sheep; I've always loved holding hands. I love the smell of sunscreen; I love a grandma's squeeze; I love a mountain, a valley…a ravine; I love sunflowers in the breeze. I love watching pelicans fly across the water sometimes two and three abreast; I love walking on a deserted beach as the sun sets in the west. Yes, It never fails when I take a moment and this simple philosophy employ… List some of the things I love in rhyme and start each day in joy.